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former missouri senator jim talent is a top romney surrogate and a member of romney's economic policy team. senator, it's great to have you with us. >> thank you, melissa. good to be here. >> a lot of people say a lot is at stake for senator romney simply because this is the state with the most delegates out there. what is on the line? >> oh, it's a very important start. of course, they all are. we just had a big win in puerto rico. he's got a good message. he's the one with the experience in the private sector, and as an executive leader and the others, i mean forget about meeting a payroll. they haven't really been on a private sector payroll for 125 years. so it's a strong message and we're hoping to do well. >> you mentioned how well he did in -- good morning by the way. you mentioned how well he did in puerto rico. all 20 of the delegates there, it's interesting to note guam or the virgin islands that mitt romney has won 52 of the 54 possible delegates that those territories throw up. which raises the question whether you believe he'd still have such a commanding lead if his oppo
former missouri senator jim talent is a top romney surrogate and a member of romney's economic policy team. senator, it's great to have you with us. >> thank you, melissa. good to be here. >> a lot of people say a lot is at stake for senator romney simply because this is the state with the most delegates out there. what is on the line? >> oh, it's a very important start. of course, they all are. we just had a big win in puerto rico. he's got a good message. he's the one with...
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romney seems to have a deficit in terms of the polls. we'll get a presumptive nominee, i guess, and that may have an impact on the market if that is the case. >> don't you think the gop is going to lose the house? and this is something that is perk lati percolating. you've got these people, gingrich has adelson. santorum has foster freeze, the great money manager. they used to not have money to continue. >> citizens united is the decision of the supreme court who decided this super pac idea, that they can keep them in business. it's incredible. >> and it creates a discord. by the way, in terms of oil, ohio is a battle ground state for oil. because both marcella shale and utica, which is oil, is absolutely key for the attempt to be more self-sufficient. neither candidate talking about it. >> right. of course, ohio will be one of those key battle ground states. we shall see. >> does it change the market sentiment if romney is the nominee after super tuesday? if we know it is romney, does it make a difference in the market? >> i think it do
romney seems to have a deficit in terms of the polls. we'll get a presumptive nominee, i guess, and that may have an impact on the market if that is the case. >> don't you think the gop is going to lose the house? and this is something that is perk lati percolating. you've got these people, gingrich has adelson. santorum has foster freeze, the great money manager. they used to not have money to continue. >> citizens united is the decision of the supreme court who decided this super...
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it wasn't a clear sweep for romney. is it market positive or market negative for obama to win or romney to win? does it matter at this point? if obama wins, that means the economy is improving, which is trait great for the stock market, right? and if romney wins, may be more pro-market in terms of his policies, that means the economy isn't doing as well? . >> the truth is this, melissa, this market has been going up. and we've been seeing job creation in spite of policy that's coming out of washington, not because of policy that's coming out of washington. with a romney victory, more than likely we would see that expansion that i was talking about in multiples happen much faster. you'll see the recovery happen much faster and more importantly, the confidence level that seems to be lacking in the market will come back. yes, does the market want a romney victory, especially that he's talking pro-growth, absolutely. god bless him. >> says the man with the gop badge. >> yeah, really. should have known the answer i would get
it wasn't a clear sweep for romney. is it market positive or market negative for obama to win or romney to win? does it matter at this point? if obama wins, that means the economy is improving, which is trait great for the stock market, right? and if romney wins, may be more pro-market in terms of his policies, that means the economy isn't doing as well? . >> the truth is this, melissa, this market has been going up. and we've been seeing job creation in spite of policy that's coming out...
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. >> jeb bush has now endorsed mitt romney. there are major conservatives holding back and there were questions as to why they were holding back. mr. bush is calling now on the gop to unite and unite behind romney. let's take a break and we'll be back with more ben bernanke and timothy geithner after the break. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. so, how was school today ? i have to be a tree in the school play. good. you like trees. well, i like climbing them, but i've never been one. good point. ( captain ) this is your captain speaking. annie gets to be the princess. oh... but she has to kiss a boy. and he's dressed up like a big green frog ! ewww. ( announcer ) fly without putting your life on pause. b
. >> jeb bush has now endorsed mitt romney. there are major conservatives holding back and there were questions as to why they were holding back. mr. bush is calling now on the gop to unite and unite behind romney. let's take a break and we'll be back with more ben bernanke and timothy geithner after the break. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can...
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i think romney has a better budget control plan than santorum does, okay, and i think romney has a very good entitlement reform plan, particularly for medicare. it's a lot like paul ryan's plan. i like that. but i'm just saying nobody can predict whether these expected tax hikes that are in the president's budget -- take the dividends tax. we talked about it this morning. you didn't tell me you were going to triple the dividends tax rate. that is a tremendous burden on corporations and investors, it is very hostile to the economy and it's very hostile to the stock market. you may have an effect where people are trying to beat the tax man. they're moving income and moving investment into 2012, which might boost that in order to pull it out in 2013 when it's all going to be taxed at a higher rate. that's the supply side effect. that could be very damaging to the economy. but short term, i have to say i like what i see. >> warren buffett's secretary will be much happier we're drags the top down. >> you think she'll be happier? you think buffett will be happier? i don't think anybody will b
i think romney has a better budget control plan than santorum does, okay, and i think romney has a very good entitlement reform plan, particularly for medicare. it's a lot like paul ryan's plan. i like that. but i'm just saying nobody can predict whether these expected tax hikes that are in the president's budget -- take the dividends tax. we talked about it this morning. you didn't tell me you were going to triple the dividends tax rate. that is a tremendous burden on corporations and...
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but romney is not too focused on the general at this moment. he's got these ten states to worry about tomorrow. he's got a couple of slam-dunks in massachusetts where he served as governor. in virginia, where rick santorum and newt gingrich didn't even get on the ballot. the real state to watch is the state of ohio. where rick santorum has had a lead, it's been eroding and what mitt romney hopes to do is come from behind, beat rick santorum in ohio, the same way he did in michigan, his native state. if he can do that, he is rolling towards this nomination. >> on that broader point. for as long as this battle is as fierce as it is. he has to -- mitt romney has to appeal to the conservative base as best he can. and therefore, he can't turn to the general population, can he? that lead from obama becomes potentially more sustainable moving forward. or the fear for them would be. >> that's why ohio is so important tomorrow. if mitt romney can win that state, he begins sort of turning the lights out on this race. the race will go on for some time. bu
but romney is not too focused on the general at this moment. he's got these ten states to worry about tomorrow. he's got a couple of slam-dunks in massachusetts where he served as governor. in virginia, where rick santorum and newt gingrich didn't even get on the ballot. the real state to watch is the state of ohio. where rick santorum has had a lead, it's been eroding and what mitt romney hopes to do is come from behind, beat rick santorum in ohio, the same way he did in michigan, his native...
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can mitt romney win over conservatives in the deep south? a republican strategist will give us his view. then ignore japan at your own peril. at least that's what one strategist says. find out why he thinks there is more value in japan than in all of europe. and one man's quest for a slice of the social network. see what he is willing to give up for a chance to own some facebook stock. all that and more is coming up in the next hour. in the meantime as we said mcdonald's ceo jim skinner announcing his retirement about a day and a half ago. "squawk on the street" scored an exclusive interview with mr. skinner earlier this morning. >> the reason the share price performed as well as it is is because of the system alignment and our franchise who do great work on behalf of the brand every day and our suppliers and company people are all aligned to do a better job at the front counter and drive through. when we do that and perform well and get the sales, which leads to the earnings and the multiple which is nothing more than mathematics, we expect
can mitt romney win over conservatives in the deep south? a republican strategist will give us his view. then ignore japan at your own peril. at least that's what one strategist says. find out why he thinks there is more value in japan than in all of europe. and one man's quest for a slice of the social network. see what he is willing to give up for a chance to own some facebook stock. all that and more is coming up in the next hour. in the meantime as we said mcdonald's ceo jim skinner...
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that's what a mitt romney adviser told me today while acknowledging that mitt romney himself is doing the same thing. because he says he's going to label china a currency manipulator on day one. so this is a political hot potato. we're in the middle of an election season. the administration's going to try to bring this case and see if they can make some headway and score some points with voters. >> you mentioned the currency issue, as well. here's the cover of the f.t. today, of course. renminbi has reached fair value against china after the horrific trade deficit numbers yesterday. the worst in about twelve years. six times the consensus to the downside. did a move like today, when we're talking about trade, does it migrate into areas like kur sin? does it move us forward in certains of naming a manipulator or not? >> no, i wouldn't think so. i think in some ways this is a substitution. this is a displacement of some of that pressure in to another arena, more tangible, more specific, and narrowly defined arena. but no, that pressure is going to continue. the ebbs and flows in the con
that's what a mitt romney adviser told me today while acknowledging that mitt romney himself is doing the same thing. because he says he's going to label china a currency manipulator on day one. so this is a political hot potato. we're in the middle of an election season. the administration's going to try to bring this case and see if they can make some headway and score some points with voters. >> you mentioned the currency issue, as well. here's the cover of the f.t. today, of course....
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obviously romney in a very critical piece in "the new york times" today noneditorial saying romney believes that obama doesn't favor -- >> if you're krans canada, just build a pipeline to vancouver and tank it over the china because you can't get it built to houston or galveston. >> if that's the case disagree with wells fargo downgrade today on front line. i talked to nordic american tanker. rates up to 30,000 to 35,000. the day rates up from 10,000. >> that's still cheap. jim cramer can rent a super tanker for a couple of days. we can all go for a cruise. those rates are still not profitable for a tanker company. >> i tried to do that. the problem is the air freshener issue. >> i don't even want to know what that is. >> mparty max. >> you can only hang so many of those things you put in your car. >> it's still not a good tanker day rate. it's firming. >> we were 100,000. >> yeah. there's still tankers sitting off the coast of iran, saudi arabia, sitting there empty. >> maybe you think the front line is too high. >> they downgraded it. >> yes, they did. >>> let's talk tiffany shares. they
obviously romney in a very critical piece in "the new york times" today noneditorial saying romney believes that obama doesn't favor -- >> if you're krans canada, just build a pipeline to vancouver and tank it over the china because you can't get it built to houston or galveston. >> if that's the case disagree with wells fargo downgrade today on front line. i talked to nordic american tanker. rates up to 30,000 to 35,000. the day rates up from 10,000. >> that's still...
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my colleague larry kudlow last night, he had harold ham on, the energy person for romney. if you were to be aggressive in natural gas, you really could lower the price. it's a theme. this morning fred page of the journal where you used to work, again, natural gas. talking about this as a fuel that can bust opec, change -- >> look at the cpi data we got out not 45 minutes ago. some of the core prices in that index were a little bit softer. the question remains how much can companies ultimately pass on. again, we'll talk about this in a little bit. it's not clear -- >> geithner seems to know. the other thing geithner i think did refer to is rates are going up, but at the end of this year, of course, the expiration of bush tax cuts. you've got real questions about a budget and where we're going to be in terms of deficit reduction and the like and forced cuts so what that is going to do. not the mention the election, which does figure into some of the caution i'm at least hearing from some of our business leaders. >> i come back. i want to get back into this august/september w
my colleague larry kudlow last night, he had harold ham on, the energy person for romney. if you were to be aggressive in natural gas, you really could lower the price. it's a theme. this morning fred page of the journal where you used to work, again, natural gas. talking about this as a fuel that can bust opec, change -- >> look at the cpi data we got out not 45 minutes ago. some of the core prices in that index were a little bit softer. the question remains how much can companies...
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i would go to romney and say, is this what happened at bain? these political reporters are not caught up on this story. this is what they should be focusing on. this is the story in america right now, because it's a hated firm. i worked at this firm, it is crushing to me that it's hated, because i think there's 29,000 -- >> a lot of that hatred had died down for the most part. they did not -- people in wall street are making less money, though i don't believe they truly appreciate the level that -- >> how many products did goldman sell to protect against interest rates totally the wrong direction. having sold derivatives, you know -- there are hidden profit margins, because you don't tell the client how much you're making. to sell a derivative is the biggest piece of business you can do. >> which was smart in businessisms and let's remember, goldman did on some of these deals keep the other side of the trade issue. >> it is there. the you had headline cdo, they don't do it. the synthetic cdo were betting against it, and finding some german bank
i would go to romney and say, is this what happened at bain? these political reporters are not caught up on this story. this is what they should be focusing on. this is the story in america right now, because it's a hated firm. i worked at this firm, it is crushing to me that it's hated, because i think there's 29,000 -- >> a lot of that hatred had died down for the most part. they did not -- people in wall street are making less money, though i don't believe they truly appreciate the...
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governor romney beenxd onx offensive of firing the pipeline and raised gas prices for the middle part of the country. >> reporter: i think the president reiterates as he said over andqover again that he does qbóot want high gas prices now. he made the pointok in a recent press conference. why @?p'y president seeking re-election want that? it's a fact. even the transiltionsxd to alternatives is advanced by high energy prices but hisok point i he's not trying to make that happen andok no howaóá5 you dril in the global market, drilling alone is not going to be the solution to america's energy problem. >> all right. thanks so much. when the president speaks, we'll go to him. >> t(awaiting for that, check i this chicago with rick for the santelli excñ!hge. rick, over to you. >> thank you verynpmuch,lpxd xd. lots of topics today. i think alp good place to start growth and exports. linked. what do we learn? japan for the month of february exports. why's that interesting? think back to last year. theyçó intervened and yesterday. chancellor presentations of budget in the u.k. c obviously
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>> >>> a new poll shows president obama in a dead heat against possible republican challengers mitt romney and rick santorum. brings us to squawk on the beat. sales of toyota's prius up last month because of the hike at the pump and they are now releasing a new less expensive model. here's a look at what shares of toyota are doing today. phil lebeau live in chicago with more on this and whether or not this will sell, phil. >> i think it will sell in combination because it's at a lower entry point in terms of price. let's take a look at the new prius c. it's a small hatchback starting under $19,000. 53 in the city. 46 on the highway. as you take a look at the hybrid market, keep this in mind. prius dominates this market. always has. continues to do so. over the last three years it has steadily picked up market share according to truecar.com. hybrids overall in the u.s. are taking up a smaller percentage of overall vehicle sales. just 2.3% of the models sold last year in the u.s. were hybrids. that's because at the same time these are coming out, you have more fuel efficient models rolling i
>> >>> a new poll shows president obama in a dead heat against possible republican challengers mitt romney and rick santorum. brings us to squawk on the beat. sales of toyota's prius up last month because of the hike at the pump and they are now releasing a new less expensive model. here's a look at what shares of toyota are doing today. phil lebeau live in chicago with more on this and whether or not this will sell, phil. >> i think it will sell in combination because it's...